Mama Mary

Did you scream

In agony

Over your murdered son,

Sacrificed

In the name of 

Government control, 

His story already

Rewritten

By the powerful...

Were primal 

moans emanating

From Deep within

Your body,

Painful Laboring 

Reminiscent of the night

he was Birthed...

Were you Permitted

to hold his dark, tortured Face 

(clean) his blood soaked flesh, 

kiss him lovingly goodbye...

Smell his nape,

No longer sweet with innocence 

But pungent with earthy

Injustice....

Were your cries

Heard, witnessed 

A mother pleading,

For mercy,

Silence never an option...

Knowing full well

Everything 

held against him

For daring 

to breathe

free 

——

**Jesus’s crucification juxtaposed to current police killings of young black men. 
Photo credit: Wes James
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